Quotes about Altruism
There is no love which does not become help.
— Paul Tillich
A selfish person will never learn the joy of giving and being a blessing to others.
— Perry Stone
When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
— Leviticus 23:22
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
— Deuteronomy 15:7
Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
— Deuteronomy 15:8
For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
— Deuteronomy 15:11
And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.
— Deuteronomy 15:13
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
— Deuteronomy 22:1
If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.
— Deuteronomy 22:4
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
— Deuteronomy 24:19
Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
— 1 Samuel 30:11
Then he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.
— 1 Chronicles 16:3